VERMONT MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM PLAYED JUST THEIR THIRD GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON, PICKING UP THEIR FIRST WIN, AND YET IF YOU ASK THE GUYS THEY'LL TELL YOU THERE ALREADY IN A MUST WIN SITUATION... THIS WEEKEND THE GUYS HOST NOTRE DAME IN THE IRISH'S FIRST EVER HOCKEY EAST CONTEST... THIS IS THE FIRST SEASON IN THE CONFERENCE FOR NOTRE DAME, AND THIS WEEKEND'S TRIP TO VERMONT WILL BE THEIR FIRST GAME IN LEAGUE PLAY... IF HOCKEY EAST IS ALREADY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST CONFERENCE'S IN THE NATION, THEN ADDING NOTRE DAME, WHO IS RANKED 2ND OVERLL IN THE COUNTRY IN THIS WEEK'S POLL...JUST MADE THE CONFERENCE THAT MUCH BETTER... AND MAKES EACH HEAD TO HEAD, THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT...JUST LIKE THE PLAYOFFS... AND IT'S A BIG WEEKEND FOR THE UVM MEN, AS